Comparison

Socrative Student vs Mosyle School

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Socrative Student

Engage in formative assessments with interactive quizzes, polls, and games. Students join classrooms using a code to answer questions and track their understanding. No student accounts are required.

Highlights
  • Interactive quizzes and polls
  • Open-ended questions with voting
  • Exit tickets for end-of-class review
  • Space Race game mode
  • Class, question, and student reports
  • Multiple choice and True/False questions
Features
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Students share their understanding by answering formative assessment questions in a variety of formats: quizzes, quick question polls, exit tickets and space races. Once students launch the Socrative Student App, they'll be prompted to join the teacher's room via the teacher's unique code. No student accounts necessary! Features • Visualize student and whole class understanding • Multiple choice and True/False questions • Open-ended questions and vote on the results • End of class Exit Tickets • Play games with our Space Race! • Class, Question and Student level reports Supported Browsers and Devices • Socrative works on every browser: including Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Internet Explorer. • Use any Web Enabled device: including Smartphones, Tablets, Laptops and Desktops

About

Mosyle School

This tool simplifies the management of Apple devices for educational institutions, enabling secure student device usage for learning. It offers robust classroom management features to minimize distractions and enhance student focus, while providing IT staff and teachers with shared control and real-time insights.

Highlights
  • Apple device deployment and configuration
  • Classroom distraction elimination
  • Student focus monitoring
  • Internet access regulation
  • App management and installation
  • Real-time device inventory and reports
  • Shared IT and teacher management
Features
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Mosyle School is an MDM solution designed exclusively for Education that streamlines the Apple device management process, simplifies iPad, Mac and Apple TV deployments for Schools and Districts, while ensuring students safely utilize devices for learning. It’s easy to set up, manage, and maintain, while being powerful enough to create the ideal learning environment for any School or District. THE BEST MDM SOLUTION TO GET THE MOST OUT OF ALL OF APPLE’S PROGRAM AND OS FEATURES: - Configure all management settings with Mosyle School to harness all Apple’s education features and deployment programs; - Connect Mosyle School with Apple School Manager, Device Enrollment Program and Volume Program Purchase to assign devices, apps, and configure device settings, apps, and books; - Get the most out of Apple’s Shared iPad and the Classroom App for iPad; UNIQUE & EFFECTIVE CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT TOOLS: - Quickly eliminate any distractions from the devices; - Ensure student focus and attention is within the intended educational application; - Easily assess students during class to evaluate student progress; - Check compliance of student devices and solve any issues right in the classroom; - Customize and regulate student Internet access during class time; - Select apps allowed during class and remotely install them on student devices.
 AN ALWAYS-ON, CLOUD-BASED & SCALABLE SOLUTION TO SIMPLIFY DEPLOYMENTS: - Quickly take inventory and view reports of your device fleet in real time; - Shared management between IT Staff and Teachers; - Create time-based policies and restrictions – to work whether it’s before, during or after school; - Receive notifications when specific events occur across the managed device fleet; - Implement in any type of deployment model (BYOD, School Owned, 1:1 and Shared); - Rapid and easy device enrollment processes and flows; - Automatic load-balancing and fault tolerance across multiple Tier 3 data centers, with a 99.9% uptime guarantee. 
 *Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. Mosyle School is designed to embrace and fully integrate with Apple’s new education features, and deployment programs (Apple School Manager, Device Enrollment Program and Volume Purchase Program). We're so excited with all the new possibilities we decided to include all necessary configuration with them in our basic, free plan. No hidden costs!

Screenshots

Socrative Student4 screens
Mosyle School4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Socrative Student at 2.3 against Mosyle School's 1.8. Socrative Student also leads on review sentiment (41% vs 13%) and ratings volume (630 vs 92). Mosyle School's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Socrative Student holds the better App Store score, 2.3 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Socrative Student has 630 ratings behind it against 92, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of Socrative Student's written reviews are positive against 13% of Mosyle School's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Socrative Student ships an update every 5 months, Mosyle School every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Socrative Student versus Mosyle School: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSocrative StudentMosyle School
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (630 ratings) — better1.8 (92 ratings)
Positive reviews40.6% of reviews — better13.0% of reviews
Number of ratings630 — better92
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.4
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB84 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShowbie Inc.Mosyle

Customer experience

Socrative Student

All ratings631 ratings
Positive31.2%
Neutral3.3%
Negative65.5%
Written reviews234 reviews
Positive40.6%
Neutral6.8%
Negative52.6%

Mosyle School

All ratings91 ratings
Positive20.9%
Neutral2.2%
Negative76.9%
Written reviews46 reviews
Positive13.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative87.0%

User reviews

Socrative Student

From 630 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Good app for learning
  • 🚀 Helpful for class discussions
  • 💡 Nice Doctor Who references

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Glitchy and buggy
  • 🔋 High battery consumption
  • 🤯 Causes frustration and stress

Mosyle School

From 92 App Store ratings

What we love

  • ⭐ Works for schools
  • 👍 Easy to set up (for IT)
  • 💰 Cost-effective for schools

Room to improve

  • 👎 Restricts app access
  • 👎 Rearranges apps alphabetically
  • 👎 Cannot uninstall
  • 👎 Privacy concerns (screen recording)
  • 👎 Device management issues

Bugs and requests

Socrative Student

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App freezes and crashes frequently
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
  • Incorrect grading and score reporting

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add ability to see missed questions
  • Improve support for older devices
  • Add more question types beyond multiple choice

Mosyle School

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Device management starts randomly
  • Apps disappear and cannot be recovered
  • App won't open during Zoom meetings
  • App crashes everything
  • App rearranges apps alphabetically
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  • App slows down device speed

Requested features

7 requests
  • Allow users to uninstall
  • Allow users to keep apps in original place
  • Add more apps to the store
  • Admin console for QR codes
  • Allow users to play games during free periods/lunch
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  • Fix app rearrangement issue
  • Allow users to control screen recording permissions

In-app purchases

None

Socrative Student

No in-app purchases

None

Mosyle School

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Socrative Student free?
Socrative Student is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mosyle School free?
Mosyle School is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Socrative Student or Mosyle School?
Socrative Student is rated higher. Socrative Student averages 2.3 out of 5 from 630 ratings, while Mosyle School averages 1.8 from 92 ratings.
Do Socrative Student or Mosyle School have ads?
Neither Socrative Student nor Mosyle School shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Socrative Student or Mosyle School?
Socrative Student ships an update every 5 months, and Mosyle School every 2 months. Most recently, Socrative Student was updated on November 1, 2026 and Mosyle School on November 2, 2026.

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